Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/11452/32661
Title: Galvanic skin response test: A new quantitative diagnostic method for frey syndrome
Authors: Tüzemen, Gökhan
Uludağ Üniversitesi/Tıp Fakültesi/Kulak Burun Boğaz Anabilim Dalı.
0000-0002-9698-0546
Basut, Oǧuz İbrahim
Özmen, Ömer Afşin
Coşkun, Hakan H.
A-1452-2019
6602318367
55407733900
13610800100
Keywords: Surgery
Frey syndrome
Galvanic skin response test
Minor starch-iodine test
Superficial parotidectomy
Parotidectomy
Prevention
Benign
Issue Date: Jul-2013
Publisher: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
Citation: Tüzemen, G. vd. (2013). “Galvanic skin response test: A new quantitative diagnostic method for frey syndrome”. Journal of Craniofacial Surgery, 24(4), 1280-1284.
Abstract: Objective: Frey syndrome is one of the most common complications following parotid surgery. The current most common test for objectively diagnosing Frey syndrome is Minor starch-iodine test. This test might be insufficient because its results are not quantitative and therefore tests with quantitative results are investigated. The objective of this study was to investigate the efficiency of galvanic skin response (GSR) test, which measures changes in skin resistance, as a method with quantitative results for diagnosis of Frey syndrome. Methods: Thirty patients who underwent superficial parotidectomy were assessed postoperatively (mean, 24.7 +/- 25.7 months; range, 6-109 months). Patients completed a symptomatic evaluation questionnaire and underwent Minor starch-iodine test and GSR. Results: Diagnostic validity of GSR test was found to be >2.91 following analysis. Sensitivity and specificity of this value were 100% and 55%, respectively, based on symptomatic assessment. Sensitivity and specificity were 87.5% and 57.1%, respectively, based on Minor starch-iodine test. Conclusions: When compared to symptomatic evaluation of patients who underwent superficial parotidectomy, GSR test was shown to be 100% sensitive in diagnosing Frey syndrome and quantitative results of GSR test could determine severity of Frey syndrome.
URI: https://doi.org/10.1097/SCS.0b013e318286038d
http://hdl.handle.net/11452/32661
ISSN: 1049-2275
1536-3732
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